Tapping into widespread public frustration with corruption among government officials, advocates of press freedom in China seem to have found an effective tool with which to ally citizens to the journalistic cause.
700 million people in Asia don't have access to safe drinking water. In a Straits Times op-ed, Tommy Koh proposes solutions for a looming crisis.
A child at a temple in Sri Lanka holding three sticks of incense in offering (three sticks being traditionally reserved for gods) on May 5, 2012. (Photosightfaces/Flickr)
China Air Daily, a new site from Asia Society's China Green project, allows users to view daily photographs of the skies of China's major cities instead of having to plow through lists of statistical data.
The "Great Successor" now has his very own propaganda hymn, entitled "Onwards Toward the Final Victory." Watch the video for it here, and download the sheet music.
A more participatory process would greatly benefit Singapore's long-term stability, writes Andrew Billo.
A monk tends to candles on Visakha Bucha, a celebration of Buddha's life and death, in Chiang Mai, Thailand on June 4, 2012. (CanvasOfLight/Flickr)
Users of Chinese and Western social media speak out on an announced ban on consumption of shark fin soup at Chinese government banquets.
You probably know Peter Hessler from his acclaimed books on China, but you may not be aware that it was "happenstance" that led him to the country in the first place.
In recent years, more than a million Mongolians have moved into Ulaanbaatar, by far the country's largest city. Photographed on June 22, 2012. (Al Jazeera English/Flickr)